Positive Youth Action Towards Climate Change

Early action on climate change.

-Biochemical characterization of serologically detected human melanoma antigens was undertaken for the development of immunodiagnostic assays in melanoma. An antiserum from a human melanoma patient, which detected melanoma antigens expressed on a large proportion of different melanoma cells, was used in leucocyte-dependent cytotoxic antibody (LDA) 51Cr-release assays to monitor the purification...

Role of youth in combating climate change

For correspondence: Dr. Harshal. T. Pandve, Dept. of Community Medicine, Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College, Narhe, Pune-411 041, India. E-mail: dr_ harshalpandve@ yahoo.co.in Climate change is one of the most critical global challenges of our times. Recent events have emphatically demonstrated our growing vulnerability to climate change. Climate change impacts range from affecting agricultur...

Clinton's climate change action plan.

-The relationships between DNA damage from UV radiation, alkylating drugs and the methylated xanthines (MX) have been studied in normal and malignant rodent and human cells. A comparison of the level of DNA excision repair (repair replication and unscheduled DNA synthesis) confirms that some forms of alkylatingagent damage (probably mono-filar DNA adducts) are less completely removed by both no...

Effects of the Positive Action Program on Indicators of Positive Youth Development Among Urban Youth.

This study evaluated effects of Positive Action, a school-based social-emotional and character development (SECD) intervention, on indicators of positive youth development (PYD) among a sample of low-income, ethnic minority youth attending 14 urban schools. The study used a matched-pair, cluster-randomized controlled design at the school level. A multiple-measure self-report protocol assessed f...

Call for urgent action on climate change.